Xpectation:
A. Should be released officially as a cd.
B. The downloads are enough and Prince should just move on to his next project.
Which do you favor?
[This message was edited Thu Jan 16 11:31:18 PST 2003 by ZAZA2]

B.
Xpectation won't sell as an official CD. He's probably gonna make it available as a CD through NPG Retail one day, though.
His new project should be a nice little normal album, with 12-15 songs, all of them with lyrics, but no JW crap, distributed by a normal record company, with singles, videos, promo TV appearances, B-Sides (ahh... B-Sides...) and a world tour with priority seating for NPGMC members.
Just dreaming.

How about a version without the static cutting in?

I believe that "Xpectation" will be released for the mere fact that Candy and Vanessa are contributing their tallents. It would be quite a move commercially and would sell to the listeners of Mae's music and "Dulfer's"; he'll get the "neo-classical" listeners and the "jazz" listeners. I think it would be QUITE successful if it were released.

Tina (~!~)

Not to sound selfish, but I don't care either way, because I already got it as a member. If it does sell through NPG retail or another outlet with official packaging, I would buy it. I think it's an AWESOME album. You could think of it as an entire B-side instrumental to the Rainbow Children.

ZAZA2 said:

A. Should be released officially as a cd!

I would at least like to see a cd copy available thru the NPGMC. I wouldn't be surprised at a commercial release particularly with Dufler's & Mae's involvement. This could be promoted as a super-group kinda deal.
[This message was edited Thu Jan 16 17:45:11 PST 2003 by ZAZA2]

B!
B!
B!

I think Xpectation is great that Prince is attempting to venture into a new field of music, but with the exception of a few songs, the cd is quite unsophisticated. You compare Xpectation with any known Jazz artist and it pales in comparison. That being said, I am excited and glad he released it to his members of the NPGMC, but that's as far as he should take it.

-phunk

I think he should release as an official cd with improved sound and maybe a few more cuts.It could get lots of attentionfrom jazz mags and I think it may do better than expected. The Madhouse records were pretty popular with black listeners and he marketed them with a sense of fun on the covers of the cd's and in the videos.I hear th "jazz" stations and his music is more jazzy than a lot of stuff being passed off as "real" jazz.Now,I olove "Xpectation" and I love the song,"Xenophobia",but,of course,it does't compare to Miles and Coltrane.No one compares to those cats!!However,Prince is tapping into something that Miles started long ago.And even some of the sounds I hear reminds me of Miles'"On the Corner" stuff.